Ask students to create assessments for industry insight
Engineering education requires up-to-date industry knowledge. Why not deploy your senior students to craft authentic assessments?
November 21, 2025
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Subtle steps that protect your authorship
Many early career researchers working with code, data and analysis assume goodwill is enough to secure authorship – it isn’t. Here’s how to protect your contributions and build fair, transparent collaborations
November 21, 2025 -
Co-creation that treats students as collaborators, not consultants
When students believe their opinions matter, their creativity, confidence and sense of belonging grow – and so does the impact of your work. Here are five practical ways to bring students ‘behind the camera’ in co-curricular programme design
November 21, 2025 -
Why clear GenAI guidance matters to neurodivergent students. And how to get it right
Neurodivergent students often experience heightened anxiety when GenAI expectations vary across courses. Here’s how to design more consistent guidance
November 20, 2025 -
Soft skills for hard times
Find out how to educate students with the skills needed to succeed in a world beset with uncertainty and instability
November 20, 2025 -
Place Indigenous knowledge at the heart of academic enquiry
Decolonise the curriculum by engaging students with historically marginalised knowledge from a range of sources. Here’s how
November 20, 2025 -
Real-world projects offer ideal conditions for teaching soft skills
With tomorrow’s graduates requiring agility, empathy and leadership capabilities on top of subject knowledge, the path forward is through connection with industry and community partners, as Kevin Koh explains
November 20, 2025 -
Why academics need to find adventure beyond the classroom
The best research inspiration happens organically. Here’s how to free yourself from the constraints of campus and go out into the field
November 19, 2025 -
Give students the tools to negotiate in the classroom
Teach students to listen, interpret non-verbal cues and understand their peers’ needs through simple classroom strategies
November 19, 2025 -
Why university leaders must listen differently in one-to-ones
Talk less and listen more should be a mantra for leaders and managers. When they acknowledge diverse perspectives, avoid dominating discussions and reflect what they have heard, it sets the tone for more inclusive, respectful dialogue
November 19, 2025 -
Design online learning materials to suit everyone
Create interactive webpages and get to know how your students learn in order to improve e-learning materials. Follow this advice to get started
November 18, 2025 -
Give students autonomy over their learning
Here are simple ways to nurture self-direction in students – from consulting them on assessments to offering choice on learning objectives – shared by Natalie K Seedan
November 18, 2025 -
Beyond the creative supplement: reframing the value of arts-based research
When traditional methodologies struggle to capture sensory, emotional and lived dimensions of culture, researchers can turn to arts-based enquiry. This practical advice explains how to integrate audio, visual and reflective data collection into research design
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Intervene with empathy to support students in need
With mental health challenges increasing on campus, structured tools that capture students’ thoughts, feelings and behaviours can help educators spot concerns early and tailor support
November 17, 2025 -
What underpins the success of a racial justice network?
A small online meeting of ethnic minority medical students in 2020 has now grown into a well established staff and student community. Here are six features that underpin its success
November 17, 2025